Samantha Jo Fitzsimons backpacked across India with an Indian colleague. Her experiences are documented in this very interesting film. Riding On A Sunbeam is a travel documentary in which Mauktik Kulkarni, an Indian neuroscientist, and Samantha Jo Fitzsimons, an American anthropologist, backpack 8000 kilometres across small towns and villages, capturing the contradictions of India. We have …
While surrogacy laws in India ostensibly protects the rights of surrogates, moral policing seems to be the real concern, than women’s health. The desire to procreate is a very fundamental attribute of the human race. Unfortunately, many are deprived of the joy of parenthood due to several reasons, biological or otherwise. Developments in reproductive sciences and …
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The tweets in social media about ending ‘Female foeticide’ proves that a woman’s existence has to be justified in some way, even today! The past week we witnessed history. P V Sindhu, Sakshi Malik and several other Indian women made us proud with their outstanding performance in the Olympics. Social media was flooded with articles …
Lakme fashion Week held its first ever plus size model auditions. They’ve sent across a strong message that beauty is beyond size and that it is confidence that matters. Whenever I come across the term ‘model’, the image that comes to my mind is that of a tall, skinny woman with a frame unattainable to …
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Captain Radhika Menon becomes the first woman to receive the award for Exceptional Bravery at sea, challenging the stereotype that bravery is only associated with men. In June last year, seven fishermen were on a fishing boat ‘Durgamma’ that was caught in a storm after enduring engine failure and loss of anchor. The boat had drifted from …
This true story of how Canadians helped a Syrian family reinforces the belief that kindness and humanity still exist. Most of us would have watched the recent Bollywood movie, Airlift. Who can forget the ordeal of families struggling to leave behind a disturbed country, where they have been living for years to seek refuge in a safer place. …
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Pavan Amara, Founder of the ‘My Body Back’ project is a rape survivor. She’s transforming the lives of such women in the United Kingdom. Here’s how. “If you relax it’ll be over with quicker,” sounds like something natural a healthcare professional would tell a pregnant woman in a hospital. But for a woman who has heard …
In a landmark judgment by the Supreme court, a rape survivor was allowed to abort her 24-week foetus. Here’s more about the abortion laws. The petitioner from Mumbai had challenged Section 3(2)(b) of the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act 1971. As per the provisions of the Act, an abortion is allowed only if the pregnancy is …
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By creating powerful characters like’ Moana’, Disney is setting a trend of creating role models that focus on independence and self discovery for the youth. When I was a child I used to think that I will grow up into an exquisite beauty and a prince will fall in love with me and we would …
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Every woman has a journey and a story to tell. ‘Walking towards ourselves’ is a kaleidoscope of such journeys capturing the experiences of women of myriad ages, social and financial backgrounds in India. Edited by Catriona Mitchell, and compiling short stories by eighteen contemporary female authors, the book entails diverse perspectives on issues woman face …